New 10 Step to Painting Zombie Success.

[samuraitrev]

Hi folks, I've been painting 40K Orks for what seems like forever so I thought I'd dig out some Zombies and try out a new painting style. I wanted to try a new paint scheme which didn't involve Romero blues or early Games Worshop's green skin tones.

I also wanted to paint these quick.
Step 1: I spray undercoated them with Army Painter's Skeleton Bone colour.
Step 2: I gave them a wash of GW Seraphim Sepia
Step 3: I washed in key darker areas with GW Reikland Fleshshade
Step 4: I washed the darkest areas (armpits, under chin, groin, under feet etc.) with GW Agrax Earthshade
Step 5 I basecoated their clothes and hair with pastel colours as Zombie's flesh should be the main focus (not their clothing). For whites I used GW Rakarth Flesh
blues GW The Fang, Orange GW Jokaero Orange, yellow GW Averland Sunset, green GW Deathworld Forest
Step 6: Wash whites and blues with GW Nuln Oil, wash yellow and orange with GW Agrax Earthshade , and green with Athonnian Camoshade.
Step 7: paint all wounds (including splatter around the wound and running blood) with GW Tusgor Fur
Step 8: paint the centre of the wound and run off with GW Brown Ink
Step 9: paint PVA glue (can be slightly watered down) onto the base. Sprinkle sand of different grades (tiny grains + larger mixed) onto the base. When dry paint the base with GW Brown Ink, when dry drybrush the sand with GW Tallarn Sand paint any larger grains (rocks) with GW Mechanicus Standard Grey, highlight larger grains with GW Administratum Grey apply more PVA glue in random spots and sprinkle some grass flock onto these areas. Paint the edge of the base with GW Rhinox Hide
Step 10 Spray Varnish Testors Dull Coat Spray Lacquer (best varnish I've ever used, most varnishes destroy metallic colours and mute them). If you wanted your zombie blood to look fresh (which I didn't) you could repaint the blood areas with GW 'Ardcoat (it's a gloss varnish)


I hope this inspires some of you to get painting some Zombies. Please ask if you have any questions. Those of you who are experienced painters will notice there's no use of edge highlighting this is because this style focus' on speed and TBH these guys are a messy bunch anyway!
   

Happy painting folks!